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we ask the united states congress in this report not to cut the united states defense budget. the obama administration's budget beyond the roughly $400 billion over 10 years that has already been agreed. if we go into sequestration, if we are facing in this country over $1 trillion in defense cuts. it will impair the ability of our military and our government to protect the american interests around the world in europe, in the middle east, in south asia, and certainly in east asia. we understand, i certainly understand as a citizen, that every part of our society has to uphold the responsibilities of reducing our budget deficit, the military's going to do that with nearly half a trillion in cuts over 10 years. if we go well beyond that, we are endangering the power of the united states as the greatest force for good in the world. as i said before, the second recommendation is that this pivot should be with europe and that the united states and europe should be acting together on a strategic basis to be active in south asia, in the middle east, in east asia. third, there's been
we ask the united states congress in this report not to cut the united states defense budget. the obama administration's budget beyond the roughly $400 billion over 10 years that has already been agreed. if we go into sequestration, if we are facing in this country over $1 trillion in defense cuts. it will impair the ability of our military and our government to protect the american interests around the world in europe, in the middle east, in south asia, and certainly in east asia. we...
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May 1, 2012
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may god bless the united states of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: live coverage of the speech in afghanistan are arriving overnight. he will soon depart back to washington, d.c. tomorrow. we want to hear from me. our phone lines are open. this is your line for democrats. 202-737-0002 for republicans and20 and2628-02050 for independence. the president leading yesterday. the white house indicating that he did have some private meetings. this was on the grounds. they were signing the agreement he talked about with president karzai. this was the one-year anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden and also on this date in 2003 or 2005 when george w. bush talked about the mission accomplished beach nine years ago aboard the uss abraham lincoln. bonn to your calls. -- now on to your calls. caller: i think he repeated president bush almost word for word in iraq. if we're going to take care of the foreign peoples, that is something. i thi
may god bless the united states of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: live coverage of the speech in afghanistan are arriving overnight. he will soon depart back to washington, d.c. tomorrow. we want to hear from me. our phone lines are open. this is your line for democrats. 202-737-0002 for republicans and20 and2628-02050 for independence. the president leading yesterday. the white house indicating...
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May 2, 2012
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to my immediate right, jimmy carter, former president of the united states. [cheers and applause] he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2000 to four decades of his untiring efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflict. president mikhail gorbachev of the soviet union, his policies of glasnost led to the downfall of communism and the breakup of the soviet union in 1991. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1990 for helping to end the cold war. "time" magazine named him man of the year and man of the decade. president mikhail gorbachev. [applause] f. w. de klerk is the former president of south africa, a one of the peace prize in 1993 along with nelson mandela with efforts to end apartheid and initiate the first fully democratic constitution for south africa. president de klerk. [applause] and lech walesa was the president of poland, helping to lead the poles out of communism. the end of the cold war. there are the other members, including the pope and mikhail gorbachev. we are proud to have you together on our stage. [applause] is that a hi
to my immediate right, jimmy carter, former president of the united states. [cheers and applause] he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2000 to four decades of his untiring efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflict. president mikhail gorbachev of the soviet union, his policies of glasnost led to the downfall of communism and the breakup of the soviet union in 1991. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1990 for helping to end the cold war. "time" magazine named...
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in 2007 the united states spear headed a u.n. resolution to condemn sex selection abortion worldwide. yet here in the land of the free and the home of the brave we are the only advanced country left in the world that still doesn't restrict sex selection abortion in any way. mr. speaker, a number of academic papers have now published evidence that the practice of sex selection abortion is demonstrably increasing here in the united states, especially but not exclusively in the asian immigrant community. a study by researchers at the university of kentucky -- connecticut published in prenatal diagnosis of 2011 found that male to female live birth sex ratio for chinese, asian indians and koreans clearly succeeded third births and beyond. meeks, deliberate prenatal sex selection is the only plausible explanation. a doctor and three other researchers at the university of california interviewed 65 immigrant indian women in the united states who had sought or were seeking sex selection abortion. they found that 40% of the women interview
in 2007 the united states spear headed a u.n. resolution to condemn sex selection abortion worldwide. yet here in the land of the free and the home of the brave we are the only advanced country left in the world that still doesn't restrict sex selection abortion in any way. mr. speaker, a number of academic papers have now published evidence that the practice of sex selection abortion is demonstrably increasing here in the united states, especially but not exclusively in the asian immigrant...
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May 9, 2012
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states but with the united states congress. we have passed laws giving various responsibilities and duties to over 63 different agencies having to do with our stewardship of the ocean. and only thing that exists in the executive order is the president not taking any new action but to coordinate and supervise the implementation of the existing laws as passed by this congress under the past four presidents of the united states so that we can come to grips with the dire conditions to the oceans of the world. so i applaud the president. i oppose this amendment that seeks to prohibit essentially the executive branch from implementation of congressional laws that have been passed by the congress. absolutely no other -- this idea that there is any kind of power grab in the executive order, i would invite members to read it. it does not do anything other than to move more efficiently implement laws passed by our congress. i yield back the remainder of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpo
states but with the united states congress. we have passed laws giving various responsibilities and duties to over 63 different agencies having to do with our stewardship of the ocean. and only thing that exists in the executive order is the president not taking any new action but to coordinate and supervise the implementation of the existing laws as passed by this congress under the past four presidents of the united states so that we can come to grips with the dire conditions to the oceans of...
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host: here is a map of the united states. the darker the blue, the higher the concentration of veterans. which states have the highest as a percentage? to tell they are mainly -- guest: there concentrated in the west in montana and wyoming, but also in virginia and made. the most popular states, california, and texas, have over 1 million veterans. host: of statistic on women's veterans. guest: this chart shows since 1980, women were 4% of veterans in 1980, and that has risen to 7% in 2010. the next chart shows more detail. this shows you the percentage of women's veterans which women veterans by age. among those aged 18-to-34, about 20% are women, where if you look at older age groups, around 13%. host: what is happening with demographics? guest: statutory, the number of women was tapped. they could not serve in large numbers. some would argue that one of the main reasons for the success of the volunteer force is the opening of opportunities for women to serve. host: brian, a veteran in florida. when did you served decks -- s
host: here is a map of the united states. the darker the blue, the higher the concentration of veterans. which states have the highest as a percentage? to tell they are mainly -- guest: there concentrated in the west in montana and wyoming, but also in virginia and made. the most popular states, california, and texas, have over 1 million veterans. host: of statistic on women's veterans. guest: this chart shows since 1980, women were 4% of veterans in 1980, and that has risen to 7% in 2010. the...
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of the united states of america. i yield back me balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. fattah: let me say a couple of things. our country managed to limp along for a few hundred years, we're the leading nation in the world, the wealthiest nation in the world, the number one superpower, i don't know how we got here with all these imperfections in our voting system but we will try to go forward. this notion that voter i.d.'s, for instance in the state of texas, you have a concealed weapons permit by the state, that's good, you can vote with it. if you have a state i.d. from the state university, that's not good. in our state of pennsylvania, we've got 30 different types of i.d.'s that you can and can't use. the republican governors and legislatures through the our country this year have all come to the same conclusion. it's like a consensus that
of the united states of america. i yield back me balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. fattah: let me say a couple of things. our country managed to limp along for a few hundred years, we're the leading nation in the world, the wealthiest nation in the world, the number one superpower, i don't know how we got here...
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right here in the united states, right here in indianapolis. tackling these problems is not always easy. it takes vision, stamina, and courage. it
right here in the united states, right here in indianapolis. tackling these problems is not always easy. it takes vision, stamina, and courage. it